This is likely to become more common:
Former workers at two suburban Chicago businesses filed complaints Tuesday saying their employers violated state law by using the E-Verify database to help determine the employees’ legal status to work after they were hired.
The complaints are the first filed regarding the E-Verify system in Illinois, the state which has historically taken the strongest stance against the use of the controversial federal online database.
The complaints to the Illinois Department of Labor allege five Red Roof Inn employees and a former employee with Randstad, a temporary staffing agency in Bolingbrook, were wrongfully fired after E-Verify was used.
Employers need to be very careful about only re-verifying existing employees if they are covered under the FAR federal contractor rules.